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1 Apr 2020: Someone might appear to be ill, draw attention to a household, but ultimately test negative for tuberculosis. ... This was before a virus was known to be the cause and before a test was available to determine who was sick.

5 Oct 2020: They use a genetic amplification technique, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to track viral genetic material in swabs from test subjects. ... It is a test that forms the bedrock of genetics analysis in academic, pharmaceutical and medical research.

20 Jul 2020: Over two billion people worldwide are nutrient deficient, leading to a wide range of serious health problems. Fortifying food with micronutrients is already an

13 May 2020: large mental health deficit associated with unemployment and economic inactivity. ... How does it work? Other European countries, such as Germany and Austria, have traditionally used short-time work programmes to deal with economic crises.

8 Dec 2020: They will have a further two and a half years to test, write code and provide critical feedback.

16 Nov 2020: We already know that ‘social capital’ or trust, in its different forms, has a big impact on economic success. ... An economic downturn leading to sustained loss of income means people’s mental and physical health will deteriorate along with their

16 Jan 2020: Thailand uses a staggering amount of single-use plastics every day, but its waste management system lags far behind its economic advances,” she explains.

6 Jul 2020: Young women were particularly well represented among new arrivals to the city, and they were often placed in positions of domestic and economic dependence on mostly male employers. ... So infection rates represent a serious gap in our historical knowledge

28 Aug 2020: The climate crisis. Ageing populations. Persistent economic and social inequality. A decade of stagnant productivity growth. ... of PPE inin Cambridge, or in helping smaller firms to navigate the economic crisis inand Lancaster.

9 Nov 2020: How we choose to prioritise an economic and societal recovery will dramatically affect the outcomes of both for future generations. ... What’s next? In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, economic growth will be a high priority for all countries.